http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,21023772-5001031,00.html
Rockets no nuclear threat THE type of rockets believed stolen from the Australian Defence Force would only chip away at a target like Sydney's Lucas Heights nuclear reactor, a security expert says. Assistant Police Commissioner Nick Kaldas says the reactor is one of a number of sites believed to have been considered as targets by those in possession of seven missing rocket launchers. The launchers, designed to be fired from the shoulder by infantry, have enough punch to destroy a car, or even a tank, but not a nuclear reactor. Security consultant Peter Collins says that if the easy-to-use, single-use rockets were fired into a packed train or bus, they would cause a blast and shrapnel spray capable of killing people within a 5m radius. But the former navy intelligence officer says the outdated rockets, which have a range of 220m and are best used on stationary objects, would have almost no effect on a building like the Lucas Heights nuclear reactor. "It would chip away the exterior, but the chance of it penetrating the reactor area of the site would be zero," Collins says. One of the missing rocket launchers was recovered in a police operation in Sydney on September 30 last year. Taha Abdul Rahman, 28, was arrested at a house in Leumeah, in Sydney's southwest, early on Friday and charged with 17 offences relating to the receipt, supply and possession of the weapons. Court proceedings against Rahman were adjourned until this Wednesday. Australian Federal Police Commissioner Mick Keelty said Rahman had no immediate connections to the Australian Defence Force, and no members of the force were said to be under investigation at this point. Rather, it is alleged Rahman is part of the chain of supply of the seven launchers, having allegedly sold them to convicted murderer Adnan "Eddie" Darwiche in September and October of 2003. It is alleged that five of them then fell into the hands of Sydney terror suspects. Darwiche is serving two life sentences over his role in a string of fatal shootings in Sydney's southwest in 2003. It was alleged in court that Darwiche had planned to use one of the rocket launchers in an attack on a house in Lawford St, Greenacre. He ended up being talked out of it by an associate and guns were used instead, killing Ziad Razzak and innocent victim Mervat Nemra. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
